Harry Clarence Horst Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURHarry Horst was Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17G #42-38033 "Man O'War" shot down by fighters on return from the 20 March 1944 mission to Frankfurt. Crashed near Breuil, 20km NW of Reims, France. He was hit in the head and killed by a 20mm shell. Killed in Action (KIA).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35258973 at enlistment, then O-688595
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34613370
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14094211 / O-811775
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39125747
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA). |
20 March 1944 | by a 20mm shell on board B-17G #42-38033 "Man O'War" | |
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Buried |
Breuil, France | 30 March 1944 | in the communal cemetery in Breuil, France |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=620